The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963by Christopher Paul Curtis

Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family,
the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister
Joetta, and brother Byron, who's thirteen and an "official juvenile
delinquent." When Byron gets to be too much trouble, they
head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape
him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church is
blown up.

This book won a number of prestigious children's book awards, including the:

Newbery Honor

Coretta Scott King Award

American Library Association Top Ten Best Book

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

International Reading Association Young Adult's Choice

New York Times Book Review Best Book

"Every so often a book becomes a modern classic almost as soon
as it arrives on bookshelves. That happened in the mid-'90s when
Christopher Paul Curtis released his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963." (NPR)